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. 2016 Jan 12;6:308. doi: 10.3389/fphar.2015.00308

Table 3.

Antioxidant potential of different solvent extracts of S. chirayita.

Plant part tested aExtracting solvent Test system Control used and result Toxicity test References
Whole plant 70% EtOH In vitro BHT and Vitamin C None Chen et al., 2011
IC50 = 267.80 μg/mL (DPPH)
IC50 = 1.502 ± 0.200 μg/mL (β-carotene)
IC50 = 6.50 μg/mL (ABTS)
Whole plant 70% EtOH In vivo NA Cytotoxicity test-negative Chen et al., 2011
Whole plant MeOH In vitro BHT None Sharma et al., 2013b
EC50 = 27.70 μg/ml (DPPH)
Whole plant MeOH In vitro BHA None Ahirwal et al., 2014
IC50 = 222.74 μg/mL (DPPH)
Whole plant Water In vitro Gallic acid None Kumar et al., 2011
EC50 = 315.83 μg/mL (DPPH)
Leaves Water In vitro BHA; BHT None Ghosh et al., 2012
IC50 = 86 μg/mL (DPPH)
900 ± 11(4 min) and 2070 ± 110 (30 min) μM Fe (II)/g sample DW (FRAP)
Whole plant 12% EtOH In vitro Ascorbic acid None Phoboo et al., 2013
IC50 = 156.62 μg/mL (DPPH)
Whole plant In vitro Gallic acid None Kshirsagar et al., 2015
MeOH IC50 = 551.26 μg/mL (DPPH)
EtOH IC50 = 557.61 μg/mL (DPPH)
ACE IC50 = 551.96 μg/mL (DPPH)
Water IC50 = 559.05 μg/mL (DPPH)

ABTS, 2,2-azino-bis (3-ethylebenzthiazoline-6-sulphonicacid); BHA, Butylated hydroxy anisole; BHT, Butylated hydroxytoluene; DPPH, 2,2-Diphenyl-1-picrylhdrazyl; DW, Dry weight; FRAP, Ferric Reducing Antioxidant Power

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Extracting solvent: ACE, acetone; EtOH, ethanol; MeOH, methanol